December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Gao's Chaos Cryptosystem Algorithm
by Nobuki Nakatuji 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Nobuki Nakatuji wrote: >> >> > >> >I will just repeat Prof. Choate's question, how do you generate Ch. >> > >> > >> Ch generate >> >> begin >> Xn+1=aXn(1.0-Xn) >> return Xn+1 >> end > >What does aXn(1.0-Xn) mean? That's what I do not understand. > It mean Chaos function. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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by The.Givers 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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InfoWar / Steal This Mind / Part III of 'The True Story of the InterNet
by Dave Null 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

<HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <TITLE>The True Story of the Internet Part II</TITLE> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Internet Assistant for Microsoft Word 2.04z"> </HEAD> <BODY> <HR> <HR> <CENTER>The True Story of the InterNet Part III </CENTER> <CENTER>InfoWar</CENTER> <CENTER>Final Frontier of the Digital Revolution</CENTER> <CENTER>Behind the ElectroMagnetic Curtain </CENTER> <CENTER>by TruthMonger <tm(a)dev.null> </CENTER> Copyright 1997 Pearl Publishing <HR> <HR> <CENTER><A NAME="TOC">InfoWar Table of Contents </A></CENTER> <UL> <LI>Steal This Mind! </UL> <HR> <CENTER><A NAME="Chapter_3">Steal This Mind!</A></CENTER> <HR> The wild-eyed, disheveled figure sat hunched over the keyboard of his laptop, frantically seeking meaning in the words that lay before him. Who was he? What was his name? Why couldn't he remember? Was it the doctors? It had to be the doctors, that was the only explanation. "Hello, Arnold. How are you fooling today?" The man furtively lowered the screen on his laptop, hiding his important work from the prying eyes of the doctor. ("I won't be fooled again." he vowed to himself, "no matter who I am.") "Hello, Dr. the Platypus." Arnold (he knew that wasn't his real name) said, cautiously. "Peas, call me ?." the doctor replied, with a warm, caring smile. The doctor nodded toward the laptop, saying, "Oar ewe still having those confusions about being 'ewe know who'?" Arnold hated it when the doctors did thisteasing him about his memory loss in regard to who was really, on the InterNet, where a person could still be freecould still be anything he wanted to be, as long as he was a cleaver forager. ("Damn!" thought Arnold. "now he's got me doing it, too. I have to resist." ) "I'll ask the CypherPunks who I am." Arnold said, defiantly. "They are my friends." Dr. ? the Platypus roared out in laughter, shaking his head in disbelief that this lunatic was so far out of touch with reality. He decided that it would be rude to have all the fun himself, so he turned to the grouchy old man who had just sat down beside him and said, "Well, I think Arnold needs a second opinion. What do you think, Doctor May?" A 34th degree Mason, Dr. Tim C. May knew that it would be cruel to feed this deranged crackpot's delusionsso he proceeded to do so. "Of course they are your friends, Arnold. That's why they have agreed to help us with your treatment." Dr. May smiled at Dr. the Platypus, who was grinning from ear to ear, and continued. "We told them that mentioning 'you know who' on the CypherPunk mailing list would only feed your illusions of grandeur, so your dear, dear friends, the CypherPunks, have agreed not to tell you the name of your imaginary InterNet persona." Arnold was pouting, now. He knew they were making fun of him. "You're lying!" he said. "I'm no foal!" Dr. the Platypus laughed loudly, once again, at this sign that his treatments were having the desired affect on Arnold's grammar. "Berry good, Arnold. Ewe are doing much bladder, but I thank we will have to increase the number of your agraphia treat mints just the same. As a matter of fact, we have already called in a specialist to augment your electroshock treat mints with a special toilet plunger technique developed at the Mayonnaise Clinic in Forest Hills, NY, by some very experienced police sturgeons." "His name is Hun." Dr. May added. "Dr. Attila T. Hun." The two doctors laughed heartily, once again sending Arnold into a fit of stubborn insolence. "I'll find out from the Magic Circle." Arnold stated boldly, "They'll tell me. I'm a very important person. I'm writing Part III of 'The True Story of the InterNet' for them. I am calling it "Space Aliens Hide My Drugs." Arnold was relieved to see Dr. Back, joining the group gathered at his table. Even in his confused state, he was certain that Dr. Back was on his side. He was a good man. Dr. Adam Back put his arm around Arnold tenderly, and looked into his eyes with deep concern, saying, "I'm afraid that I have some bad news for you, Arnold." He paused for a moment, smiling at the other doctors, and then continued, "Part III is titled 'InfoWar.' It is being written by a wide variety of people, just like Part I and Part II." Dr. Back's eyes then grew cold and hard as he leaned closer to Arnold, until they sat face to face, only inches between them. In a steadily rising voice he told Arnold, "It's going to be about real CypherPunks and real members of the Magic Circle, not about some stupid, Carpetbagging, rude, insane interloper who couldn't carry the Jockstrap of REAL members of the CypherPunks and the Magic Circle. DO YOU UNDERSTAND!!??" Arnold was shaking in his boots, clutching his laptop in his arms as if it were a magic talisman which could spirit him away, back to the virtual reality of the InterNet, where he was safe. His body began twitching and he fell to the floor, beginning to shake violently. "He's having another fit!" Dr. the Platypus cried out to a nearby aide. "Quick, get the toilet plunger." The aide rushed over with the toilet plunger, as Dr. Tim C. May said, "Now place it between his teeth, so he doesn't bite his tongue." The aide looked at the vile, feces encrusted handle on the toilet plunger and asked, hesitantly, "Are you sure that's a good idea, Dr. May?" Dr. ? the Platypus put his hand on the aide's shoulder, to reassure him. "It's OK, Dr. May is TruthMonger. Trust him" Copyright 1997 Dave Null Publishing Dave Null <dave_null(a)hotmail.com> <HR> <CENTER><A HREF="http://bureau42.base.org/public/xenix">"The Xenix Chainsaw Massacre"</A></CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="http://bureau42.base.org/public/webworld">"WebWorld & the Mythical Circle of Eunuchs"</A></CENTER> <HR> </BODY> </HTML> ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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Steal This Mind (InfoWar / Part III of The True Story of the InterNet
by Dave Null 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Title: The True Story of the Internet Part II The True Story of the InterNet Part III InfoWar Final Frontier of the Digital Revolution Behind the ElectroMagnetic Curtain by TruthMonger <tm(a)dev.null> Copyright 1997 Pearl Publishing InfoWar Table of Contents Steal This Mind! Steal This Mind! The wild-eyed, disheveled figure sat hunched over the keyboard of his laptop, frantically seeking meaning in the words that lay before him. Who was he? What was his name? Why couldn't he remember? Was it the doctors? It had to be the doctors, that was the only explanation. "Hello, Arnold. How are you fooling today?" The man furtively lowered the screen on his laptop, hiding his important work from the prying eyes of the doctor. ("I won't be fooled again." he vowed to himself, "no matter who I am.") "Hello, Dr. the Platypus." Arnold (he knew that wasn't his real name) said, cautiously. "Peas, call me ?." the doctor replied, with a warm, caring smile. The doctor nodded toward the laptop, saying, "Oar ewe still having those confusions about being 'ewe know who'?" Arnold hated it when the doctors did thisteasing him about his memory loss in regard to who was really, on the InterNet, where a person could still be freecould still be anything he wanted to be, as long as he was a cleaver forager. ("Damn!" thought Arnold. "now he's got me doing it, too. I have to resist." ) "I'll ask the CypherPunks who I am." Arnold said, defiantly. "They are my friends." Dr. ? the Platypus roared out in laughter, shaking his head in disbelief that this lunatic was so far out of touch with reality. He decided that it would be rude to have all the fun himself, so he turned to the grouchy old man who had just sat down beside him and said, "Well, I think Arnold needs a second opinion. What do you think, Doctor May?" A 34th degree Mason, Dr. Tim C. May knew that it would be cruel to feed this deranged crackpot's delusionsso he proceeded to do so. "Of course they are your friends, Arnold. That's why they have agreed to help us with your treatment." Dr. May smiled at Dr. the Platypus, who was grinning from ear to ear, and continued. "We told them that mentioning 'you know who' on the CypherPunk mailing list would only feed your illusions of grandeur, so your dear, dear friends, the CypherPunks, have agreed not to tell you the name of your imaginary InterNet persona." Arnold was pouting, now. He knew they were making fun of him. "You're lying!" he said. "I'm no foal!" Dr. the Platypus laughed loudly, once again, at this sign that his treatments were having the desired affect on Arnold's grammar. "Berry good, Arnold. Ewe are doing much bladder, but I thank we will have to increase the number of your agraphia treat mints just the same. As a matter of fact, we have already called in a specialist to augment your electroshock treat mints with a special toilet plunger technique developed at the Mayonnaise Clinic in Forest Hills, NY, by some very experienced police sturgeons." "His name is Hun." Dr. May added. "Dr. Attila T. Hun." The two doctors laughed heartily, once again sending Arnold into a fit of stubborn insolence. "I'll find out from the Magic Circle." Arnold stated boldly, "They'll tell me. I'm a very important person. I'm writing Part III of 'The True Story of the InterNet' for them. I am calling it "Space Aliens Hide My Drugs." Arnold was relieved to see Dr. Back, joining the group gathered at his table. Even in his confused state, he was certain that Dr. Back was on his side. He was a good man. Dr. Adam Back put his arm around Arnold tenderly, and looked into his eyes with deep concern, saying, "I'm afraid that I have some bad news for you, Arnold." He paused for a moment, smiling at the other doctors, and then continued, "Part III is titled 'InfoWar.' It is being written by a wide variety of people, just like Part I and Part II." Dr. Back's eyes then grew cold and hard as he leaned closer to Arnold, until they sat face to face, only inches between them. In a steadily rising voice he told Arnold, "It's going to be about real CypherPunks and real members of the Magic Circle, not about some stupid, Carpetbagging, rude, insane interloper who couldn't carry the Jockstrap of REAL members of the CypherPunks and the Magic Circle. DO YOU UNDERSTAND!!??" Arnold was shaking in his boots, clutching his laptop in his arms as if it were a magic talisman which could spirit him away, back to the virtual reality of the InterNet, where he was safe. His body began twitching and he fell to the floor, beginning to shake violently. "He's having another fit!" Dr. the Platypus cried out to a nearby aide. "Quick, get the toilet plunger." The aide rushed over with the toilet plunger, as Dr. Tim C. May said, "Now place it between his teeth, so he doesn't bite his tongue." The aide looked at the vile, feces encrusted handle on the toilet plunger and asked, hesitantly, "Are you sure that's a good idea, Dr. May?" Dr. ? the Platypus put his hand on the aide's shoulder, to reassure him. "It's OK, Dr. May is TruthMonger. Trust him" Copyright 1997 Dev Null Publishing Dev Null <six_ual_dv8(a)hotmail.com> "The Xenix Chainsaw Massacre" "WebWorld & the Mythical Circle of Eunuchs"

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Nuke Washington, DC
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

It's a pity Jim Bell's in jail. If he saw this thread, he would have suggested a slew of chemicals that could be dumped surreptitously in the ater supply and not dectected until everybody is dead. (Yes, adding radioactive materials to "conventional" explosives is a pretty old idea. The allies kept talking about it during WWII.) --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

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Re: Gao's Chaos Cryptosystem Algorithm (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > From: "Nobuki Nakatuji" <bd1011(a)hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: Gao's Chaos Cryptosystem Algorithm > Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 23:18:33 PDT > >Nobuki Nakatuji wrote: > >> >I will just repeat Prof. Choate's question, how do you generate Ch. I think Igor got a bruised ego... > >> Ch generate > >> > >> begin > >> Xn+1=aXn(1.0-Xn) > >> return Xn+1 > >> end > > > >What does aXn(1.0-Xn) mean? That's what I do not understand. More explicity it is a weird IFS nomenclature (I believe). What is being said here near as I can tell is: Take some function X and takes it's output for the n'th result and use it as the input for calculating n+1. We take the n'th value and subtract it from 1, assuming the RNG function returns 0 <= x <= 1, and feed this into X take the result and multiply by some scalar, a, producing Xn+1. Not shure exactly why the subtraction from unity is in there. All it really does is give you a number > .5 if you are less than .5 and visa versa. Doesn't enhance the IFS in any meaningful way that I can see. The scalar multiplier, a, isn't doing anything but scaling the output. Again it isn't effecting the IFS in a meaningful way that I can tell. It would be more interesting to know the specific X's since this is what will determine the 'level' of chaos that results since this is what will define the strange attractor. Section 1.3 onward of the reference I mentioned previously goes into some detail on the various feedback processes and how to describe them somewhat formaly. It's called a 'One Step Feedback Machine'. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | The financial policy of the welfare state requires that there | | be no way for the owners of wealth to protect themselves. | | | | -Alan Greenspan- | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http:// www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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Latest amendment to SAFE crypto bill
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 06:19:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> To: "--Todd Lappin-->" <telstar(a)wired.com> Cc: Lizard <lizard(a)dnai.com>, "Brock N. Meeks" <brock(a)well.com>, tbetz(a)pobox.com, fight-censorship(a)vorlon.mit.edu Subject: Re: Square One, (Was: Useless Crypto Legislation) Things are heating up even more. At this morning's National Security committee markup in the House, SAFE will be hit by an amendment sponsored by Weldon and Dellums. It doesn't focus on key recovery; rather it likely will delay the effective date of the act. "We need the time for our defense and intelligence agencies to prepare," says one source who drafted it. No committee member, even the SAFE cosponsors, has said they'll oppose it. -Declan On Sun, 7 Sep 1997, --Todd Lappin--> wrote: > >At 12:12 AM 9/7/97 -0700, Brock N. Meeks wrote:. > > > >Thanks, Declan. I think anyone that's followed this closely isn't > >surprised, but it's the long slow march that gets us. These moves are > >becoming so brazen now... it's incredible. > > Indeed. Brock's crypto work has been consistently kick ass. He's schooled > a lot of us in what this struggle is all about. > > I too have been brushing up on my history of the Crypto Wars, and our > current dilemma is giving me a nasty feeling of deja vu.

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Re: help
by ichudov＠Algebra.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

SYCHOSIS3D wrote: > > I am getting flooded with cypherpunk posts. I AM on this list, and > wouldlike to be removed. thank you > You are not on _my_ list. Try to check other cypherpunks lists. ssz and cyberpass, PLEASE take this gentleman out! - Igor.

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Bright, Loud and Quick OR...?
by Frank 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

"Building a nuclear capability would cost $1 billion or more, require 1,300 engineers, and take years. Developing biological weapons could cost less than $100,000, require five biologists, and take just a few weeks, using equipment that is readily available almost anywhere in the world." Science News 5/18/96 See their web site for the full article with references and sources. A number of questions other than the pure cost of development occur: Based on recent statements by "officials" of the former Soviet Union a number of "suitcase" nukes are missing. Possible sale price - $1,000,000. Cheaper than what is described above but substantially more than the biological agent development. AND teh "B" option is an ongoing operation that is readily transportable and much less easily detected by conventional means. Which way would you rather go? Disregarding the creative chemistry experiments available under your sink and around the house, but considering the way the government and media can characterize any assortment of household items or literature a question arises - If you have meat in your refrigerator do you in fact have the basis for a biological weapon of mass destruction? The fact that many foods can be readily converted (by improper handling or outright negligence) to poisons can beg the question of whether having food in your posession does not constitute a health hazard to your children. AND we all know that the well being of one child is what it is all about. Don't we? Lest anyone consider this question facetious consider that several months ago, in Dallas, a city inspector was asked to comment on the condition of private home kitchens. Once again, folks, it is people, not knowledge that creates problems. Frank J. Egan ************************** *IT is not what we CAN do* * IT is what we WILL do * **************************

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We're not surprised
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 09:01:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> To: fight-censorship(a)vorlon.mit.edu Subject: We're not surprised --- http://epic.org/crypto/ban/fbi_dox/ FOR RELEASE: August 16, 1995, 2:00 p.m. EST J WASHINGTON, DC - Newly-released government documents show that key federal agencies concluded more than two years ago that the "Clipper Chip" encryption initiative will only succeed if alternative security techniques are outlawed. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) obtained the documents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation under the Freedom of Information Act. EPIC, a non-profit research group, received hundreds of pages of material from FBI files concerning Clipper and cryptography. J Clipper, and its underlying key-escrow encryption technology, are designed to guarantee government agents "real-time" access to encrypted communications. This is accomplished by placing an extra set of decryption "keys" in the hands of designated "escrow agents." J The conclusions contained in the documents appear to conflict with frequent Administration claims that use of Clipper technology will remain "voluntary." Critics of the government's initiative, including EPIC, have long maintained that the Clipper "key-escrow encryption" technique would only serve its stated purpose if made mandatory. According to the FBI documents, that view is shared by the Bureau, the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ). In a "briefing document" titled "Encryption: The Threat, Applications and Potential Solutions," and sent to the National Security Council in February 1993, the FBI, NSA and DOJ concluded that: J Technical solutions, such as they are, will only work if they are incorporated into *all* encryption products. To ensure that this occurs, legislation mandating the use of Government-approved encryption products or adherence to Government encryption criteria is required. J Likewise, an undated FBI report titled "Impact of Emerging Telecommunications Technologies on Law Enforcement" observes that "[a]lthough the export of encryption products by the United States is controlled, domestic use is not regulated." The report concludes that "a national policy embodied in legislation is needed." Such a policy, according to the FBI, must ensure "real- time decryption by law enforcement" and "prohibit[] cryptography that cannot meet the Government standard." J The FBI conclusions stand in stark contrast to public assurances that the government does not intend to prohibit the use of non-escrowed encryption. Testifying before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on May 3, 1994, Assistant Attorney General Jo Ann Harris asserted that: J As the Administration has made clear on a number of occasions, the key-escrow encryption initiative is a voluntary one; we have absolutely no intention of mandating private use of a particular kind of cryptography, nor of criminalizing the private use of certain kinds of cryptography. J According to EPIC Legal Counsel David Sobel, the newly- disclosed information "demonstrates that the architects of the Clipper program -- NSA and the FBI -- have always recognized that key-escrow must eventually be mandated. As privacy advocates and industry have always said, Clipper does nothing for law enforcement unless the alternatives are outlawed." J Scanned images of several key documents are available via the World Wide Web at the EPIC Home Page: J http://www.epic.org/crypto/ban/fbi_dox/ J J J -30-

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